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Bootable Media not working in windows 8.1

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Hello -

I purchased 2 licenses for ATI 2014 Premium, one for a windows 7 laptop and one for a windows 8.1 laptop. I created bootable media on each machine, performed backup on each machine. I restored the backup on the windows 7 machine using the bootable media, and did a successful clone. However, I'm unable to restore the backup I did on the windows 8.1 machine. When I boot from the bootable media CD, it just hangs on the opening Gateway screen (it's a Gateway laptop). When I try to restore from the application in Windows 8.1, it gets to the step where the machine reboots, but then it just reboots into my windows desktop and nothing happens.

Any ideas? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

Acronis True Image 2014 Premium, build 6673

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I contacted support, and was told that this is due to Windows 8.1 Secure Boot. That does seem to be the case; though I haven't yet tried a disk clone or restore, I am able to boot from the restore media.